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High Winds Knock Out Power For 275K Across Bay Area
As wind gusts hit 74 mph at the San Francisco airport Tuesday, crews were working to address outages impacting more than 275,000 customers.
PG&E crews scrambled Tuesday afternoon to restore power to nearly 275,000 customers around the Bay Area, officials said in the latest update on regional outages.
The South Bay is reporting the most outages, with 114,763 without power as of 2 p.m.
In the East Bay 88,621 are affected, 61,967 on the Peninsula, 7,439 in the North Bay and 1,869 in San Francisco, according to PG&E spokesperson Megan McFarland.
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The numbers have climbed by more than 100,000 customers since 12:30 p.m., when PG&E reported more than 155,000 without power.
The reason for the escalating outages is rain, accompanied by intense gusts that have led to downed trees and wires in every part of the Bay Area.
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Winds of 74 mph have been clocked at San Francisco International Airport; 97 mph at Mount Umunhum in the Santa Cruz Mountains; 93 mph along Mines Road in the East Bay; and 71 mph in the Las Trampas and Oakland hills, McFarland said.
"Elsewhere, widespread gusts 45-55 mph have been reported and will continue with isolated gusts 65+ mph possible through the Sacramento and northern San Joaquin Valleys, as well as along the Sierra foothills and over elevated terrain," McFarland said.
Another update on outages is expected at 5 p.m.
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